Hidden Sanity at Villain School - Chapter 45



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(045)

Wednesday, 8am, first day of mission evaluation.

Although it was early, the area in front of the main building was busy with students leaving the school.

Even that Sega was being pushed around by other students.

‘There are really a lot of people.’

As I was looking around, guarding my bag and submachine gun, I saw a distinctive white hair looking down from over there.

Cheon Sa-hee’s factions surrounded her tightly.

“Excuse me.”

Sega pushed his way through the crowd to the side of the factions and spoke to her.

“Angel Hee?”

Sega was one of the tallest among the body-changing magicians, and Cheon Sa-hee, despite her mannequin-like proportions, was not particularly tall among the female students.

Because of that, the two of them stood facing each other like a college student older brother coming out to pick up his younger sister.

“Ah. You’re here? Follow me.”

However, Cheon Sa-hee didn’t seem particularly offended by looking up at Sega, and naturally walked away alongside Sega, leaving the factions behind.

The factions naturally dispersed after building a wall of human interaction between her and Sega until they were able to get out of the crowd of other students, just like the teaching assistants who treated Professor Shin Seoul.

Cheon Sa-hee walked to one side along the path between the lawns.

“Sahee, the shuttle is over there… … ?”

“I know, we’re not going to take the shuttle.”

Sega then pondered for a moment about how to proceed, and then was astonished at the sight that unfolded before his eyes.

Doo doo doo doo doo-!

There was a parking lot with dozens of helicopters scattered around above a giant H mark.

It wasn’t just for civilians, there was also a helicopter with machine guns mounted on both sides.

“Follow me. Why do you look like that? Is this your first time on a helicopter?”

“… … I think most people have never been on a helicopter.”

“Get used to it. You’ll be riding it until you get sick of it.”

Cheon Sa-hee answered playfully and then approached a helicopter.

Sega took the helmet she gave him with a bewildered look and watched as the helicopter took off and the Shinseoul Hunter Academy became smaller and smaller.

Doo doo doo doo doo-!

The helicopter soared over the massive skyscrapers and turned west.

As the Han River flows leisurely, sunlight breaks through white clouds.

After a while, the helicopter left the city and landed in a parking lot in the middle of a field.

A sleek luxury sedan like a white seal was waiting for the two.

“From here on, it’s safer to drive. Even if it’s the Republic of Korea, you can be attacked by flying demons outside of New Seoul. Now, there’s no need to worry about the roads being blocked.”

Sega nodded, still feeling dazed.

‘This is crazy. This is crazy. The conglomerates don’t like being blocked by traffic so they take helicopters.’

As I was sitting next to Cheon Sa-hee and just looking straight ahead, she spoke to me.

“You’re having trouble adjusting?”

“adaptation?”

“The air is light. It’s easy to breathe, but at the same time, it feels like I’m suffocating.”

As soon as Sega heard that, he felt the atmosphere around him change.

“ah.”

As Cheon Sa-hee said, the air felt lighter and fainter at the same time.

When you first get off the trampoline, you still feel like you can fly with one jump, but in reality, it feels like you can only take one step… … .

“The vaporization magic field has disappeared.”

“So you have to be careful when fighting outside. Your magic power recovers much more slowly than it does at school.”

Sega nodded with a serious expression.

‘It might be better to refrain from using black magic as much as possible. I think I understand why you taught me how to use short swords like Kwai Cheong.’

It seemed like something that definitely needed to be done with caution when using the ability.

I thought Cheon Sa-hee would be a very difficult opponent, but wasn’t she actually quite an affectionate person?

“I’ll keep that in mind.”

“I like men who listen well.”

“But why are you being formal? Feel free to be casual.”

“I’m comfortable with this. I like how people feel self-conscious and uncomfortable whenever I use formal language.”

“… … ?!”

Sega has just reversed its decision.

“Yes. Sega. Please consider joining the BB Aegis Hunting Team as a career after graduation.”

As expected from my first impression, she was different from ordinary people in many ways.

* * *

The two arrived at a fish farm on the West Sea coast.

It was about 3km inland from the sea in a straight line, but the scent of the sea was already strong.

“Oh my. You’re here!”

Contrary to the damp and unclean feeling associated with the word “fish farm,” modern fish farms boast enormous scale and precise mechanization.

There were dozens of buildings that were not as tall as the logistics center, but were just as wide.

The entire system, from hatching the eggs, growing the fry, feeding them, maintaining hygiene, and moving them from tank to tank, was automated.

“Come in here, hunters. I am the boss here, acting like the boss.”

Mr. Yang, a man in his fifties with a lively appearance, ran out to greet them as soon as he saw the two cars coming in.

He took them straight to the president’s office and served them a sumptuous feast that was sure to break their legs.

“Eat as much as you like.”

Fresh raw fish made with flounder, sea bass, and red sea bream. Delicious shrimp grilled in salt butter and grilled eel sprinkled with chives, fried pufferfish and pufferfish stew, five dishes made with tuna and scallops with thinly sliced ??meat on large bones, oven-baked mackerel and braised flatfish with new potatoes, and halved and prepared soy sauce marinated crab.

“You must have used some strength.”

Cheon Sa-hee also raised her beautiful white eyebrows as if she was a little surprised, and Jeong Se-ga had a hard time moving his chopsticks because he didn’t know how to eat.

‘This is my first time eating real fish, not cultured fish or canned fish… ‘

The Gaemun incident changed many businesses, and the one that was most affected was the fishing industry.

The sea monster destroyed the deep-sea fishing industry, and fishing villages slowly died under the government’s policy of freezing agricultural and livestock product prices.

Now real fish came only from these large farms, and of course they were very expensive.

A meal of this scale would easily cost over 10 million won per person.

Sega carefully picked up a piece of grilled eel and put it in his mouth.

“!”

It was very delicious.

A slightly bitter yet savory flavor spread through my mouth.

The food at Shinseoul was delicious, but it didn’t taste like this.

The braised fish melted in my mouth, the shrimp had a natural sweetness and a chewy texture, and the raw fish had a mysterious flavor and a chewy texture.

We enjoyed a feast, finishing six bowls of rice and even eating dessert.

The boss did not bring up the topic of the devil during that time and made sure that the two could enjoy their meal. After that, he continued to entertain them by bringing up stories about the restaurant and his relationship with Shinseoul.

Only then did President Yang start talking about the devil.

“If you drive a little along that road, you will come across a fishing port. Until 17 years ago, countless fishing boats came and went. In fact, there is still a demand for wild fish. After all, fish of a size that cannot be raised in a fish farm for efficiency reasons are caught.”

“But how did they know we were having fun with the wild ones? Those sea monsters, they got entangled one by one? Sea monsters? Haha. If they were real monsters, I would have left them here and run away a long time ago. They’re not sea monsters, they’re beach monsters. No matter how big they are, they’re not more than 5 meters long.”

“Anyway, please do something about them. I have some guys with me, so I can deal with a few of them, but their numbers are increasing, and it seems like they’ve hatched a nest somewhere. If you solve this problem for me, I’ll give you a generous reward.”

* * *

President Yang provided support by loading a dozen or so lower-level hunters onto several large vans.

Their armament varied: some hunters were armed with bulletproof vests, bulletproof helmets, and service rifles, while others wore motorcycle helmets and carried baseball bats.

“Please take care of me. You can call me Team Leader Kim.”

Their leader, a man in a black suit, bowed politely to the two.

widely.

Sega, Cheon Sa-hee, and about fifteen other hunters landed at the port and looked around.

There were only two boats, and the fish market building and the net waste were slowly rotting away.

Since it was my first time seeing the ocean, my slightly excited heart quickly subsided.

“They come up a lot from the rocks over there.”

Sega glanced at Cheon Sa-hee, holding the submachine gun on his waist with his left hand.

It wasn’t an atmosphere where it was easy to talk, but like a future S-class, I had to say what I had to say.

“By the way, what kind of Awakened are you?”

Cheon Sa-hee answered with a faint smile.

“For now, let’s call him a pyromancer.”

Sega naturally stepped forward.

“Then I’ll take the vanguard. You support me from behind.”

“Yep.”

I was the first to climb up the rock.

There were so many things like oysters and clams stuck to it that it looked like a normal person would get seriously hurt if they fell on it.

“That little guy, he’s coming right out.”

“Can you feel the magic? The kids from Shinseoul are really different.”

The hunters under Team Leader Kim muttered something.

Sega naturally reached out his hand to Cheon Sa-hee, who followed him.

“It’s slippery over there.”

Cheon Sa-hee’s orange eyes widened slightly as if she had not expected it, and she smiled faintly again.

“thank you.”

Sega climbed up on the rock and looked around.

The endless expanse of the ocean was amazing, the small creatures wriggling between the puddles of water were amazing, and the giant fin that had just swayed behind the rock over there was amazing…

‘A giant fin?’

Sega laughed in vain and grabbed the submachine gun.

“Team Leader Kim. Over there… … .”

Then the hunters also shouted.

“It’s a demon!”

“They’re coming up from the port side too!”

From both the front of the reef and the port side, demons came up and surrounded them.

Sega took in the sight of a humanoid demon appearing from behind a rock.

“Kuk ku ku ku… … .”

He was about 2m tall, not much different from Sega, but he was big.

It had large blue-green scales covering its body, long spines and fins growing along its spine, and a huge head that looked like a cross between a fish and a frog.

They had some level of intelligence, hiding in the crevices of the rocks and then emerging all at once, and even now they were rising out of the water at every moment.

‘Okay. Let’s do what we’ve learned. First, identification.’

Sega looked at the demon standing closest to him.

Doo doo doo doo-!

And then I fired the KH2 submachine gun like crazy.

Pubbuck!

“Kaaaak!”

The thick scales broke and the demon writhe in pain.

‘Okay. It’s bullet proof.’

Sega glanced at the demons coming up towards the port, then spoke to Cheon Sa-hee.

“Can you help me block the back with Team Leader Kim? I’ll handle this side.”

Cheon Sa-hee nodded, and Sega immediately ran forward.

‘Let’s finish this quickly. Amplify the biocurrent!’

Phagec!

It seemed as if a white electric spark was flying across his school uniform pants, and then his tall body shot out as if it was hitting the ground.

Percussion!

The fish-headed monsters rolled their bulging eyes here and there in search of their opponents who had disappeared in an instant.

“think!”

Sega jumped in a parabolic arc and struck down with his fist.

puck!

The demon’s head cracked open like an egg, and bodily fluids spurted out everywhere.

‘There’s no need to check.’

Sega defeated the demons one after another.

The fish’s head had scales that looked like thin iron plates, but Sega had the strength to crush thick iron plates from the second day of school.

‘But I don’t like seeing blood splatter.’

He pulled out his sword without any warning and stabbed the heart.

Occasionally, they would throw thorns, but no matter where they hit, they would bounce off with a crunching sound.

A 3-meter-long snail-like creature vomited blue liquid from inside its shell.

Choaaaak-!

Sega quickly backed down, but it couldn’t help but take some hits.

‘poison?’

A tingling sensation ran through my hands and face for a moment, my heart started beating a little faster, and then the pain subsided.

‘The venom class was really good.’

Sega rolled his feet, smiling as if he were invincible.

Hurrruk!

A bright blue flame dug into the shell.

The snail sizzled and bubbled.

‘What’s going on with Cheon Sa-hee?’

Sega glanced back.

‘uh?!’

And I doubted my eyes.

Team Leader Kim and the hunters were being swept away miserably.